Cigar-cutter.



B. SALZER.

CIGAR CUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED 11mm, 1908.

Patentecl Oct. 2'7, 1908.

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EDUARD SALZER, OE mronrn, INDIANA 'GIGAH -G'UTTEHI.

No. eoenrr Specification oi Letters Patent.

rammed Oct. 22?, more.

npplication filed. m :2, mos. Serial N0. 436,572.

Tool! whom it a ring] concern:

it known that ing' at Laporte, county 05: Laporte, and State of Indiznnn have'invenrml certain new and useful Improvements in Ciga1'-(]ntters, of which the :iollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for clipping the ends of cigars, this invention being divided out of my original application for patent for in'iprovemcnhe in cigar cutters, filed November 2%, 1906, Serial No. 3%,261. An object of this invention is to produce a cigar cutter having a casing with a series of graduatedopenings into WlllClllll? cigar inny be inserted a greater or less extent in order that the nine of the cut may be nunle "to snit the user; a knife being provided WillC-ll 1S madetorcciprocete with relation to the casing through suitable novel mechanism to be hereinafter described.

A. further ohjectojf this" invention is to provide at cigar cutter which will osscss advantages in points of simplicity, efiiciency and durability. jn-riiving" at the same time conipzu'ni'ivcljv incxpeneivc tonnniufzhrturu With the foregoing and other objects in View, the invention consists in the detaile of construction and in {the nrrznigemcnt and" combination of parts in he hereinafter snore fully set forth and claimed,

In descrii'iing the invention in detail, reference will he had to the accompanying drawings forming port of this Specification wherein like characters denote correspond ing parts; in the several viev in which Figure '1, is; a perspective view of a casing with Pfll'tr'i oi' the operaiing inechanisni on is :2 vertical long g'itudinal Sectional view taken approxiinntely centrwlit; oi

'thc'caeing with the operating pur'th elevated I and Fig. 3, is a detail view of theopcrnting lover with the knife in section. v i

In. the drawings ft, denotes the casing he ing a suitable top E, containing a bifurcated post C, in which an operating lever D,

pivoted, the said lever having a goose neck to which the upper end oi" the operating rod E, is pivoted. The rod is slideble in it suitable guide l andihe said guide is pro vided with Web f against which the spring G, bee the lower end of said spring being in engagement with a plate ll, attached to the bar l l. 'lhrongh' the medium of the spring? (i -the inn: is held normally depressedarid i116 i-ensure oi the Spring is overcome J Ennnrn) finmnn, n citi ..f 1. 1;. v zen oi tnc United States oi America, resldonly by pressure on the carter end of the lever B, which action resuits in elm/ itting the herb. 1

The bar is provided with a mm 1', which rides over a fin J, attached to or formed with the knife j, the said knife lacing slidnhie in contact with the undersnrface of the top of the casing in'such relation to the apertures of the casing as to permit the 'cutting'eclge oi the knife :to over the said openings 1n order that any cigar inserted in the opening Will have its ends severed.

The knife is mounted to slide between suitable guides 5?; riveted or otherwise secured to l-hc inner surface of the top or? the caning'and the said knife held normally retractedthrough the medium of the spring L, which has one end-in engagement Wii'h the fin of the knife and the other in engagement with the stud li l, projecting fro'nrthe top, the said spring being coiled apgpronunatelfv projecting thesuid fin and hhidc owe. d. the v openings in the casing, and. ais'the car is depregsscd through the agency of the spring (i, the notion of the cznn is removed from I the fin to retract the knife and hold the inner end of the iin until the operation is repeated.

The match delivery mechanism being shown in connection with the cigar cutter forming the subject matter ofany original application above referred to, ill described in detail,

I clni1n v 1. A device of therha'actcr described comprising a reciprocating knife, a casing not he having apertures with relation to which the knife rcciprocatcgia fin on the knife, in spring engaging the knife for holding the knife normally rctracted,, a FEClIJIOCBtJHQ: her, a cam on the bar engaging the fin of the knife whereby the knife is projected, and. means for reciprocating the bet-- 2. A 'd 'igc oi the character described consisting of an apertn'red casinga knife mounted to reciprocate with relation to the aperture, m-fin on the knife, a spring engaging the fin for holding the inn. e re tracte'd, 0, guide, it nor slidahle therein, a spring for hciding the bar normally dc pressec n Qznn on the bar adaptcd 'to engage in engagement with the cam the tin of the knife and projecting the same when. the knife is moving upward, a spring for depressing the bar, and a suitable lever "for operating the bar.

3. In combination, a suit-able knife, a tin thereon, spring engaging the outer end of the in for holding the knife normally retracted, a bar slidable with relation to the end of the fin, a cam on the bar adapted to engage the fin and project the knife when the said bar is moving upwardly, a spring for de ressing the bar, and a lever for reciprocating the bar.

4. A device of the character described comprising a resiliently mounted cutter having pendent tin or extension, a resiliently upheld member having an inclined cam formation adapted to engage said fin or extension and means for actuating said resiliently upheld member.

5. A device of the character described comprising a member having apertures therein adapted to receive the tip end of a cigar, a resiliently mounted cutter havin a pendent extension or fin, said cutter adapted it is actuated to move past said apertures for engaging the inserted cigar tip ends, a resiliently upheld member having a cam formation whose face is inclined upwardly and inwardly for engagement initially at its upper vanishing end with the lower end of said fin or extension, and means for actuating said resiliently upheld member.

6. A. device of the character described,

comprising a member having apertures therein for the reception of the tip end of a. cigar, a resiliently mounted cutter adapted for severing said end of a cigar when inserted through any one of said apertures, a guide supported from the underside of the first referred to member, a resiliently upheld member, arranged in said guide, and manually actuated means for operating said resiliently upheld member, said latter mem her having an incline-faced cam formation i'or engagement with said fin or extension.

7 A cigar cutter embracing a member having an aperture adapted to receive the tip-end of a cigar, a resiliently seated cutter oiplate-like outline slidably arranged to intercept a vertical line passing through said aperture and having depending from its underside about centrally a fin or extension, a resiliently upheld cam-member, means for guiding the movement of said cammember, and means for actuatin said cam n'iember, said cam member arranged to move in a line at a right angle to the movement of said cutter and havlng an inclined cam format-ion arranged edgewise to, and adapted to similarly engage said cutter.

In testimony whereof, Iv afiix my signature inthe presence of two witnesses.

EDUARD SALZER.

Witnesses:

W. H. BEOHER, GRACE PAYNE. 

